Monday, April 05, 2021
ThursdayApril 8 to Thursday April 15
The New Moon is Monday, April 12. Saturn and Jupiter are readily visible in the morning sky. On the 6th The Moon, Saturn and Jupiter from a line, then on the 7th the crescent Moon is between
Saturn and Jupiter finally on the 8th the thin crescent Moon is
below Jupiter. Mercury is low in the dawn sky. On the 11th the thin crescent Moon and Mercury are close together low in the morning twilight. Dimming Mars is readily visible in the
early evening skies between the tips of the horns
of Taurus the Bull.
Morning sky on Thursday, April 8 showing the eastern sky as seen from Adelaide at 5:10 am ACST (90 minutes before sunrise).
Saturn and Jupiter form a line with the crescent Moon in the morning sky.
Morning sky on Sunday, April 11 showing the eastern sky as seen from Adelaide at 6:10 am ACST (30 minutes before sunrise). Mercury is below the crescent Moon in the morning sky low in the twilight.
Whole sky at 19:21 ACST (90 minutes after sunset), on Saturday, April 10 as seen from
Evening sky at 19:20 ACST (90 minutes after sunset), on Tuesday, April 13 facing north-west as seen from Adelaide. Mars is between that stars that form the tips of the horns of Taurus the Bull.
The New Moon is Monday, April 12.The moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 15th.
The insets shows the telescopic views of Jupiter and Saturn at this time.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise), click to embiggen.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (30 minutes before sunrise), click to embiggen.
Adelaide.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset). click to embiggen.
Similar views will be seen elsewhere in Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset), click to embiggen.
Mercury is slowly moving towards the horizon and will become even harder to see this week as it goes deeper into the twilight glow. On the 11th it is below the thin crescent Moon low in the dawn twilight. You will need a level unobstructed horizon to see this.
Venus is lost in the twilight.
Mars is readily visible in the evening sky above the north-western horizon in the early evening. Mars is near the Hyades is traveling down the horn of Taurus the Bull.On the 13th Mars is between that stars that form the tips of the horns of Taurus the Bull.
Jupiter is climbing higher in the morning twilight forming a line with Saturn and Mercury. On the 8th the thin crescent Moon is below Jupiter.
Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEST, Western sky at 10 pm AEST. For further details and more information on what's up in the sky, see Southern Skywatch.
Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.
Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
Venus is lost in the twilight.
Mars is readily visible in the evening sky above the north-western horizon in the early evening. Mars is near the Hyades is traveling down the horn of Taurus the Bull.On the 13th Mars is between that stars that form the tips of the horns of Taurus the Bull.
Jupiter is climbing higher in the morning twilight forming a line with Saturn and Mercury. On the 8th the thin crescent Moon is below Jupiter.
Saturn is climbing higher in the morning twilight and is easily seen above Jupiter .
Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEST, Western sky at 10 pm AEST. For further details and more information on what's up in the sky, see Southern Skywatch.
Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.
Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
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# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 10:01 pm 
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